1st Purchases for a New Build

[devildog1205]

With the upcoming Black Friday online shopping madness, I thought this might be a good opportunity for me to find some savings on new equipment I need. My new build conversation is here if interested.

Room Dims: 23'L x 15W' x 10'T

If you have any knowledge of sales or price drops this week/weekend on the items below, please let me know. I'm open to other equipment suggestions as well, based on your SIM experience.


Projector: BenQ TH671ST - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...9DR3XWSZ&psc=1

Gaming PC: HP Pavilion TG01-1020 w/ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1

Audio: 2.1 Speaker System - Bose CineMate GS Series II - https://www.amazon.com/Bose-CineMate...s%2C184&sr=8-4

Launch Monitor: Mevo+ or SkyTrak (Bonus Points for anyone identified as not having a 10-12 week lead time) :-)



Thanks for your time and feedback!

[3on3putt]

Someone in another thread said something about Skytraks being in stock at playbetter.com with next day shipping. I don't know anything about this company but here is the page with the Skytraks =

https://www.playbetter.com/products/...cc9dda02&_ss=r

[JayJo13]

Here is a guy that custom builds gaming PC's and has put together some pre-spec'd units specifically for Golf Sims. I don't know much about him but he seems legit and might be a way to save some money.

https://www.stincebuilt.com/golf-sim-systems

[devildog1205]

Thanks Brettster. Where did you purchase your Lenovo desktop last year?

[Brettster]

Direct from Lenovo, check their website for specials, Black Friday is a good time to buy: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/

Looks like it starts tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9:00 pm.

I think it was the Legion Tower 5i - Gaming PC that I bought, seems it's $799 this year, I think last it was $750, so a good deal...

[devildog1205]

Got it. Thanks. I’ll be watching tomorrow and throughout the Holiday. Those are good deals.

[spaz]

TH671ST on sale for 599.00 now

https://store.gunghogolf.com/Projectors-c65020016

[GungHoGolf]

With my DIY enclosure, there are no gaps top and bottom and 3" gaps on each side (see https://gunghogolf.com/articles/diy-...reen-enclosure). The TH671ST combined with a PC with an Nvidia graphics card can display any custom aspect ratio you want to perfectly fill whatever size screen you end up with.

[devildog1205]

3” gap on each side was my concern. I would only have 2” gap available on left and right from screen to wall. Although I could reduce the screen width a few inches to create that 3” gap. I’m assuming the 3” gap is for the straps/cords that are needed to secure the screen to the enclosure?

[GungHoGolf]

Don't worry about exact dimensions of screen - just max out your available space with the recommended gaps. Yes, the 3" gap between pipe and screen is necessary for the tarp clips and ball bungees.

[spaz]

Not directly, No But He is active on this forum and if you go to his site you can email him as well - responds pretty quick. I did buy a refurbished TH671ST directly from BenQ and it came with a year warranty i believe and a 90 day lamp warranty, when received it was flawless. I would think GungHo would be similar.